Improvement in water-closets



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1868.

' W. S. GOOPER.

WATER GLOSET.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 75,375. PATENTED MAR. l0, 1868.

W. S. COOPER.

WATER GLOSET.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erice@ VILLIAM S. COOPER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

lNlPROVEIVl ENT IN WATER-CLOSETS.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 75,375, dated March lll, 1868.

To all whom. i may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. COOPER, of the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tater-Closets, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had lto the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh-.

Figure I is an elevation View of my watercloset arrangement; Fig. 2, a side elevation view of' some detail parts of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in certain arrangements and fittings, by the combination of which I obtain an easy normal play of the weight and lever acting 011 thepan of the closet, and also avoid the inconvenience of any bad odor invading the room where the seat is located through the holes'or apertures bored through the top plate or cover for the purpose of allowing the surplus or leakage water from the water-valve to escape.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A A is the cast-iron (or any other metal) body of the closet, into which the pan opens or closes bymeans of lever L and wei-ht XV.

K K is the rod, which is connected in C D with L and XV, and by means of which one opens or closes pan inside of A at will.

T is the top of body A. The back edge of said top is provided with a circular or any other suitable-shaped space, inclosed by ribs C G,cast solid with T. This inclosure formsa discharge-cup, into which the leakage or drippings from the water-valve of the closet escape into the interior of the body A through H, bored through the bottom of cup C C. On the lower or inside face of' T, and into hole H, is screwed or set a metallic tube, T H, in the shape as shown in Fig. l, or any other substantially the same.

F is the fulcrum of lever L, and C .R the crank, which, by means of a stud or lever, L, moving into slot S in C R,acts ou pan in body A to close or open itin the usual known way.

R'is a projecting upright lug, bent in the shape (or any other substantially the same) shown in R, Figs. 2 and l. Said lug is cast solid with top T on the edge facing lever L, and so that the outer upper end of R will correspond vertically with weight NV, and so that the lever L can be raised to ahorizontal position parallel to top T, thereby allowing weight W' to act more directly in closing the pan and holding it firmly in position when filled up with water.

H C is the hand-cup into which the knob K (or any suitable handle) on head of rod R rests, H C being screwed into head of R, its (H C)hei ght being regulated at will by screwing it more or less into R,where it (H C) may be secured in proper place by means of thumbscrew T S.

R is connected with L by means of piece C D, through which lower end of E passes. A thread is cut on lower end of R, on which is set thumb-screw T S,which allows to shorten or lengthen at will the stroke of R. Piece C D is fastened to L by means of a bolt or screw, as shown in Figs. 2 and l, so that() D makes, with R and L, a loose articulation. Therefore, at any point XV may be raised or lowered it will always hang true unto It. By providing the said sliding articulation and keeping R looser than apparently needed knob K will always fall lightly to the bottom of hand-cup H C, and thereby avoid shocks to said cup or the wooden work of the closet. Again, said knob K, being always below the top edge of hand-cu p H C, will allow the hinged top ofthe wooden work to close tight down on the seat, whereas, when, as is often the case, the knob is a little too high, it will soon strain said hinged lid and soon break either lid or hinges.

In providing the top plate with lug R,solid with top T, I attain two important results :4 first, I thus am enabled to bring weight NV true unto rod R'-Viz., to have rod It in the vertical plane facing center of XV; second, I reduce greatly the cost of fabrication of the closet-fixtures, as it is evident-ly cheaper to east R solid with T than to secure R, or any other tube or piece answerin g the same purpose,to R.

The object of tube T H, screwed into hole H, is as follows: In water-closets on the top piece of which there is a discharge-cup to receive the drippings from the 'water-valve a hole is bored, as aforesaid, through T, allowing the discharge of said surplus water back into insideof body A. It is obvious thatsaid hole, being at all times open, .will allow the bad smells from body A to come up, and will render the atmosphere of the room Where the seat is most vitiated and unhealthy. It is to obviate this-a very serious inconveniencethat I screw tube D H into hole H. The drippings from the Water-valve will be discharged through T H; but said tube, on account of its peculiar form, will retain some of the said \vater,whieh will fill up the Curved portion of T H and make it odor-tight.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A Water-Closet top plate provided with lug R,so Constructed that the horizontal leter WM. s. ooornu.

Vitnesses:

LIONEL J. DEPINEUIL, J. H. BOWDEN. 

